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  • NUGENT, RICHARD B
Experience: House: District 11, 2011-Present
Home State: Florida
Running: President, United States, 2016
Total Raised: $53,161Coverage End: Thursday, June 30, 2016
Winning: Won with 0.00%
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Personal

    Full Name: Richard 'Rich' B. Nugent
    Gender: Male
    Family: Wife: Wendy; 3 Children: Ryan, Kyle, Casey
    Birth Date: 05/26/1951
    Birth Place: Evergreen Park IL
    Home City: Spring Hill, FL
    Religion: Methodist

Education

    MPA, Public Administration, Troy State University, 1995
    BA, Saint Leo College, 1990

Political Experience

    Representative, United States House of Representatives, Florida, District 11, 2011-present

Current Legislative Committees

    Armed Services, Member
    House Administration, Member
    Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, Member
    Subcommittee on Readiness, Member

Caucuses/Non-Legislative Committees

    Member, Congressional Sportsman's Caucus, present
    Member, Constitution Caucus, present
    Member, Military Family Caucus, present
    Member, National Guard and Reserve Components Caucus, present
    Member, Tea Party Caucus, present

Professional Experience

    Deputy Sheriff, Hernando County
    Officer, Romeoville Police Department
    Sheriff, Hernando County, 2000-2010
    Served, Illinois Air National Guard, 1969-1975

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

    Board Vice President, Dawn Center Domestic Violence Shelter
    Member, First United Methodist Church of Spring Hill
    Former Director, Spring Hill Dixie Baseball League
    Former Coach, Spring Hill Dixie Baseball League
    Former Charter Member, Spring Hill Rotary Club
    Former Youth Soccer Coach, Spring Hill Soccer Club
    Former Chair, Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) Capital Campaign
    Board Member, Hernando County Fair, 2003-2009
General Survey
Issue Title Candidate's Answers
1. Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right
Strongly Oppose
2. Stricter punishment reduces crime
Strongly Support
3. Marijuana is a gateway drug
4. Higher taxes on the wealthy
Strongly Oppose
5. Stimulus better than market-led recovery
Strongly Oppose
6. Vouchers for school choice
Strongly Support
7. Make voter registration easier
No Opinion
8. Prioritize green energy
Strongly Oppose
9. Avoid foreign entanglements
10. Expand the military
No Opinion
11. Support & expand free trade
Oppose
12. Support American Exceptionalism
13. Absolute right to gun ownership
Strongly Support
14. Expand ObamaCare
Strongly Oppose
15. Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens
Strongly Oppose
16. EPA regulations are too restrictive
No Opinion
17. Keep God in the public sphere
Strongly Support
18. Legally require hiring more women & minorities
Support
19. Comfortable with same-sex marriage
Strongly Oppose
20. Privatize Social Security
Strongly Support
Total: 51
Introduced Date Bill Number Bill Title Last Action
11/23/2015 H.R.3388 SOLDIER Act 11/23/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.  (All Actions)
07/22/2015 H.R.3170 Student Debt Repayment Fairness Act 07/22/2015 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.  (All Actions)
04/21/2015 H.R.1545 Lieutenant Osvaldo Albarati Correctional Officer Self-Protection Act of 2015 04/21/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.  (All Actions)
04/20/2015 H.R.1505 Veterans Eagle Parks Pass Act 04/20/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.  (All Actions)
03/16/2015 H.R.731 Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Act of 2015 03/16/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.  (All Actions)
02/05/2015 H.R.402 National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2015 02/05/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.  (All Actions)
01/22/2015 H.R.507 Congress is Not a Career Act 01/22/2015 Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform  (All Actions)
12/04/2014 H.Res.770 Providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 3979) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure that emergency services volunteers are not taken into account as employees under the shared responsibility requirements contained in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5759) to establish a rule of construction clarifying the limitations on executive authority to provide certain forms of immigration relief; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5781) to provide short-term water supplies to drought-stricken California. 12/04/2014 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.  (All Actions)
07/30/2014 H.Res.694 Providing for consideration of the resolution (H. Res. 676) providing for authority to initiate litigation for actions by the President or other executive branch officials inconsistent with their duties under the Constitution of the United States; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 935) to amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to clarify Congressional intent regarding the regulation of the use of pesticides in or near navigable waters, and for other purposes; and providing for proceedings during the period from August 1, 2014, through September 5, 2014. 07/30/2014 On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 227 - 196 (Roll no. 466).  (All Actions)
06/20/2014 H.R.4134 America First Act 06/20/2014 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.  (All Actions)
06/18/2014 H.Res.628 Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4870) making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, and for other purposes, and providing for consideration of the Senate amendments to the bill (H.R. 3230) making continuing appropriations during a Government shutdown to provide pay and allowances to members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces who perform inactive-duty training during such period. 06/18/2014 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.  (All Actions)
05/21/2014 H.Res.590 Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 4435) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2015 for military activities of the Department of Defense and for military construction, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3361) to reform the authorities of the Federal Government to require the production of certain business records, conduct electronic surveillance, use pen registers and trap and trace devices, and use other forms of information gathering for foreign intelligence, counterterrorism, and criminal purposes, and for other purposes. 05/21/2014 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.  (All Actions)
05/07/2014 H.Res.568 Relating to the consideration of House Report 113-415 and an accompanying resolution, and providing for consideration of the resolution (H. Res. 565) calling on Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr., to appoint a special counsel to investigate the targeting of conservative nonprofit groups by the Internal Revenue Service. 05/07/2014 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.  (All Actions)
04/04/2014 H.R.2743 Veterans Eagle Parks Pass Act 04/04/2014 Subcommittee Hearings Held.  (All Actions)
03/20/2014 H.R.3920 American Privacy Protection Act 03/20/2014 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.  (All Actions)
03/12/2014 H.Res.511 Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4138) to protect the separation of powers in the Constitution of the United States by ensuring that the President takes care that the laws be faithfully executed, and for other purposes, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3973) to amend section 530D of title 28, United States Code. 03/12/2014 On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by recorded vote: 229 - 192 (Roll no. 119).  (All Actions)
12/04/2013 H.Res.429 Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3309) to amend title 35, United States Code, and the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act to make improvements and technical corrections, and for other purposes; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1105) to amend the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 to provide a registration exemption for private equity fund advisers, and for other purposes. 12/04/2013 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.  (All Actions)
09/28/2013 H.R.3218 Flood Insurance Fairness Act of 2013 09/28/2013 Referred to House Rules  (All Actions)
09/13/2013 H.R.2959 National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2013 09/13/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.  (All Actions)
07/23/2013 H.Res.312 Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2397) making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014, and for other purposes; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2610) making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014, and for other purposes. 07/23/2013 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.  (All Actions)
Total: 717
Date Bill Number Bill Title Result Vote
02/04/2011 H.R.178 Military Surviving Spouses Equity Act
02/01/2011 H.R.154 Defund the Individual Mandate Act
02/01/2011 H.R.127 To deauthorize appropriation of funds to carry out the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010.
02/01/2011 H.R.91 Better Use of Light Bulbs Act
02/01/2011 H.R.38 To rescind funds appropriated to the Health Insurance Reform Implementation Fund under the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010.
02/01/2011 H.R.2 Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act Failed No
01/26/2011 H.R.372 To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to deny leases and permits to persons who engage in activities with the government of any foreign country that is subject to any sanction or an embargo established by the Government of the United States.
01/24/2011 H.R.140 Birthright Citizenship Act of 2011
01/24/2011 H.R.100 CLEAR Act of 2011
01/24/2011 H.R.58 Firearms Interstate Commerce Reform Act
01/20/2011 H.Res.9 Instructing certain committees to report legislation replacing the job-killing health care law. Failed No
01/12/2011 H.R.21 Reclaiming Individual Liberty Act
01/06/2011 H.Res.25 Expressing the sense of the Congress that the current Federal income tax deduction for interest paid on debt secured by a first or second home should not be further restricted.
01/05/2011 H.R.177 Death Tax Repeal Act
01/05/2011 H.R.144 Small Business Paperwork Mandate Elimination Act of 2011
01/05/2011 H.R.121 Congressional Budget Accountability Act
01/05/2011 H.R.25 Fair Tax Act of 2011
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